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GEORGE KUNELL, OF MOOR-ESTOVVN, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 91,453, dated .Tame 15, 1869; autedated June 8, 1869.

COMBINATION 01EV ROCHER, SLED, AND SWING.

The Schedule referred to ih these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE K NnLL, of Moorestown, county of Burlington, State of New Jersey, have 'invented a Combined Rocker, Sled, and Swing; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

. exact description of the same.

. My invention consists of a frame, fully described hereafter, which is so arranged as to form a rocker, a

. sled, or the base or support for a swing;.and my invention also consists of a seat, (arranged for attachment to the frame or to a swing, as hereafter described,) which is 4provided with a suitable back, and

A with hinged arms, which can be fastened together in t front, so that when an infant is placed upon the seat,

it shall be properly supported, and vprevented from ,falling from the same. In orderto enable others to make and apply my invention, I will now proceed to describe the mode of usedas a childs rocker,- showing the seat detached;

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Figures 2,' 3, and 4, perspective views, representing miy invention iu the ,several positions it assumes when arranged as a rocker, a sled, and as a swing Similar letters refer to similarparts throughout the several views.

The rocker, shown in iigs. 1 and 2, rconsists of a 'fi-ame, of which A and A' are the opposite side-pieces,

connected together by crossIpieces B and B', the edges d of the side-pieces being suitably'curved, and forming the rockers upon which the frame turns.

, The o osite ed es e e of the side-pieces are faced PP g with metal, and are perfectly hat, with the exception of the rounded ends, these edges forming the runners of a sled, when the frame is inverted, as seen in iff. 3. i tF is a seat, which is arranged to' be attached tothe cross-piece B ofthe frame, by means of a square projection, a, on its under side, adapted to a similarlyshaped opening, a', ofthe said cross-piece. f

This opening a extends entirely through the crosspiece, in order that the seat may be readily attached to its opposite side, when the frame is inverted,.to form a sled, as shown in iig. 3.

lhe seat F is provided with a back, h, and with hinged arms it', which can be fastened together at their outer ends, as shown, the object of this arrangement being to afford an eiiicient support to an infant, when placed upon the seat, and to prevent it from falling from the same.

The seat, when attached to the cross-piece B, may face toward either of the cross-pieces B', which are sufficiently close to form convenient foot-rests.

In ig. 4, the frame forms the base, o1' support for L swing, the lower ends of the uprights H H of the swing' being received into metal sockets m, which are secured to the side-pieces A and A.

lhe seat F, in this case, is used as the seat of the swing, it resting upon and being attached by its projection a to the cross-piece which connects the poles 7' fl'.

It will be seen, ou reference to figs. 3 and 4, that a portion of the lower end of each of the sockets m m is cut away, so that when the frame is used as a sled, these projecting sockets may have no tendency to impede it in its progress over the snow.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A frame, consisting of side-pieces A and A', and of cross-pieces B and B', so constructed and arranged as to form, when properly adjusted, a rocker, a sled,

or the base of a swing, substantially as herein de-v scribed.

2. In combination with the above, the seat F, having hinged arms i i, arranged to be fastened together, and a projection, a, ou its under side, for attachment to the cross-piece B, or to a swing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

`In testimony whereof', I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. KNELL. Witnesses:

JOHN WHITE, HARRY SMITH. 

